CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. The Time and Place of the Research
The research was conducted from August up to November 2013. The research took place at MTs Tarbiyatul Falah Bogor which was located at Cibadak-
Sukamakmur Bogor. The reason of taking the research for this educational level, because this level should master narrative text. It was one of the important kinds
of texts for final test or national final examination.
B. The Subject of the Research
The subject of this research was the second grade students of MTs Tarbiyatul Falah Bogor in 20132014 academic year. Exactly, it was at the first
semester of the year. There were 35 students in class VIII B as respondents of the research. There were some reasons why the subject was chosen. Such as; the
students of this class had lower ability in English lesson, especially in reading English text, the class had a enough quantity of the students to do research.
C. The Research Instrument
There were four kinds of instruments used to get the data in this research. They are observation sheet, interview guidelines, questionnaires, and test form.
Observation sheet and interview guidelines were used to get qualitative data, and to abtain quantitative data, questionnaires and test form were used. Two both
research methods were applied to support each other. Both methods can be used together or combined.
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To make it clearer, here are some explanations about each instrument. 1. Observation Sheet
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Sugiyono, Metode Penelitian Kuantitatif Kualitatif dan RD, Bandung: Alfabeta, 2008, p. 27.
Observation is a research instrument which has special character among other research instruments. It observes not only about the person, but also the
environment.
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Observation sheet was used as the first research instrument. This season, the researcher as only an observer. Because the researcher took a nonparticipant
observation. The observer was not involved and only as an independent observer.
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This season was us ed to monitor and record the data of the teacher’s and
students’ performance during learning and teaching process in the class. The data from this season was used as a basis data to continue to the next season. Also, the
data was used to prepare all the materials needed in the following steps.
2. Interview guideline Interview guideline was used as a tool to collect data, if the researcher had
known the information which will be gotten. So, the researcher had prepared a research instrument as some questions with their answer.
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This season was used also to get the data needed. It was done direct to the subject orally. The interview was conducted to the English teacher and students of
MTs Tarbiyatul Falah second grade B. This process was applied before and after Classroom Action Research. This season was used to complete the qualitative
data.
3. Questionnaires Questionnaires is a technique of collecting data by giving some questions
or written statements to respondents to be answered.
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Much information can be gathered by means of a written questionneir presented to the subject. As compared with interviewing, the written questionnaire
is typically more efficient and practical and allows for the use of a larger sample.
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Ibid., p. 145.
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Ibid., p. 145.
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Ibid., p. 138.
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Ibid., p. 142.
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Donald Ary, Introduction to Research in Education, DeKalb: Library of Congress Cataloging, 1979, p. 174.
Further some advantages of this technique are that standard instructions are given to all subjects and personal appearance, mood, or conduct of the
investigator will not color the result. There are two types of questionnaire. They are structured and unstructured questionnaire. Otherwise, the structured
questionnaire was used in this research which contains the questions and alternative answers to them.
4. Test Written test was used to collect data in this season. There were two kinds
of tests used to gain the data . They were pre-test and post-test. Both were done before and after the implementation of using story mapping in teaching narrative
text. The purpose of this season was to measure students’ understanding of narrative text, also to obtain the quantitative data. Tasks are proposed as useful
vehicles for applying these principles.
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D. Data Sources
The data of this research was got from the process and procedure of the research instrument and the result of teaching narrative text by using story
mapping. According to Arikunto in his book that data sources is subject which is got from.
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All the instruments to get the data were prepared and made before implementing CAR. Such as; time table, observation sheet, interview gudelines,
pre action test form, lesson plan, teaching materials, post action test, and so on. Also, some data was got from English teacher of MTs Tarbiyatul Falah Bogor
which was based on himself document. And the data of the students’ evaluation
was given and calculated by the researcher. In the final, the result of comparison between pre action test and post action test score become a real evidence to
measure the students’ achievement.
E. The Role of the Researcher in the Research
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Jack C. Richards Theodore S. Rodgers, Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, p. 223.
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Suharismi Arikunto, Procedur Penelitian, Jakarta: Rineka Cipta, 2010, p. 172.
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